Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches are the perfect summer treat! Minimal ingredients and effort involved for these Ice Cream Sandwiches, brownie mix, a few other ingredients and ice cream! Kids will love these!
Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Every once in a while I feel like I just have a genius idea hit me like a freight train. Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches was definitely one of those ideas. (Other genius ideas include my Chocolate M&M Cookies and No Bake Cookie Dough Cheesecake)
These ice cream sandwiches do take some time, but they are so easy!! I love how they can be customized a hundred different ways, too. For instance, make some Strawberry Ice Cream for a more Neapolitan ice cream sandwich.
Trust me, the brownies make the perfect bookends to your ice cream sandwich. You’ll never want to make then another way again!
How to make Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sheet Pan Brownies
First, we need to make the brownies. You’ll take two boxed brownie mixes (each box should advertise making a 9×13 pan) and make them in a parchment lined cookie sheet (18×13 inch pan).
The parchment paper is very important.. very important. The brownies will be cut in half and then flipped to make the top of the sandwich, without the parchment paper, this step is very difficult.
Let’s chat about elevating your boxed brownie mix. Classically, the boxed brownie mix will call for water, oil and a few eggs. To make your brownies extra rich, use milk and melted butter instead of the water and oil.
Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
COOL COMPLETELY. And then cool them some more by tossing them into the freezer for 30 minutes.
Putting together the Ice Cream Sandwiches
Once the brownies are super cold/almost frozen, scoop vanilla ice cream onto half of the brownies.
Gently spread the vanilla ice cream to cover half of the brownies. After the vanilla ice cream has been spread smooth, use a sharp knife to cut the brownies down the middle, along the ice cream line.
You can cut right through the parchment paper if your knife is sharp enough, if your’s isn’t (like mine!) you can just tear it.
Flip the brownies right on top of the vanilla ice cream and then freeze for at least 2 hours before slicing.
Slicing the Ice Cream Sandwiches
Use a sharp knife to carefully cut the ice cream sandwiches into strips. If the ice cream starts to come out, toss the pan back into the freezer for an additional 30 minutes and then try again.
Once you have cut strips, flip the strip on to it’s side (so looking down you see the sandwich: brownie, ice cream, brownie- not just the brownie top) and then cut the strip into squares.
Store in the freezer until ready to serve.
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Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 2 (18.4 oz) boxes brownie mix *mixed according to package directions
- 48 oz vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Mix and bake the brownie mix according to package directions* in a parchment paper lined 13x18 inch pan (cookie sheet) at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
- COOL COMPLETELY then freeze for an additional 30 minutes.
- Scoop the contents of the carton of ice cream onto one half of the chilled brownies.
- Spread the ice cream gently until completely covering half of the brownies.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the brownies in half, along the ice cream line.
- Flip the brownies over to top the ice cream sandwich.
- Freeze for at least 2 hours before cutting.
- Carefully and genltly cut the ice cream sandwiches into strips. Turn each strip onto it's side (see above for more details) and then cut into squares.
- Store in freezer until ready to serve.
Notes
Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sheet Pan Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches are the perfect summer treat! Minimal ingredients and effort involved for these Ice Cream Sandwiches, brownie mix, a few other ingredients and ice cream! Kids will love these!
Ingredients
- 2 (18.4 oz) boxes brownie mix *mixed according to package directions
- 48 oz vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Mix and bake the brownie mix according to package directions* in a parchment paper lined 13×18 inch pan (cookie sheet) at 350° for 25-30 minutes.
- COOL COMPLETELY then freeze for an additional 30 minutes.
- Scoop the contents of the carton of ice cream onto one half of the chilled brownies.
- Spread the ice cream gently until completely covering half of the brownies.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the brownies in half, along the ice cream line.
- Flip the brownies over to top the ice cream sandwich.
- Freeze for at least 2 hours before cutting.
- Carefully and genltly cut the ice cream sandwiches into strips. Turn each strip onto it’s side (see above for more details) and then cut into squares.
- Store in freezer until ready to serve.
Notes
*To make the brownies extra rich, substitute milk and melted butter for the water and oil called for on the boxed mix.
Fran says
You mentioned using milk and melted butter instead of oil. But you didn’t say how much milk and melted butter.
Karli Bitner says
Hi Fran- it depends on your brownie mix! You will just substitute straight across for what your brownie mix calls for. For example, if your brownie mix calls for 1/3 cup of oil and 1/4 cup of water I would substitute with 1/3 cup of melted butter and 1/4 cup of milk. I hope this helps!